Further to your comment below David, in a workshop I attended as a
representative, I noticed another participant at break time (right after the
constellation) approach the client, really dig into the constellation, give
advice, and carry on to tell the client her own story as it resembled the
client's story in some aspects... needless to say, the client was
overwhelmed, confused, and did not have the wherewithall or boundaries to
say "stop it, please" or "later".
As a representative, I did not feel it proper to tell the other
representative what to do, but the facilitator felt that it was *not*
necessary to intervene when I mentioned it. So I deferred to that judgment,
but it did not feel right at all.
So the question of ethics affects also the representatives. What are their
duties?
On the one hand, we are in systemic constellation during a session, and also
when the constellation is finished. We are a system for that day, and our
inability or unwillingness to intervene in what "feels" all wrong is not
healthy, the way I see it.
Anita
On 11/02/2008, david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have had a client become suicidal after a workshop, interestingly
caused by what another participant said to the client after she set up
her case, comments that she experienced as shaming.
